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tiuct filaments; pistillate flowers solitary, with a 5-6-lobed calyx, minute petals or these 

 wanting; ovary 3-celled; styles stout, 2-cleft or 2-parted; ovules 2 in each cavity. Capsules 

 dry, separating into 3 2-valved carpels. Seed somewhat curved, rugose; endosperm fleshy; 

 embryo curved. [From the Greek for Portulaca ] 

 About 10 species, of wide geographic distribution. 



i. Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Mull. Arg. Northern Andrachne. 



(Fig. 2289a.) 



Lepidantlius phyllanthoides Nutt. Trans. Am. 



Philos. Soc. 5: 175. 1837. 

 Andrachne phyllanthoides Miill. Arg. in DC. 



Prodr. 15: 435. As synonym. 1862. 



A straggling much branched shrub, i-3 tall, 

 with glabrous lustrous branches and minutely 

 pubescent twigs. Leaves numerous, the blades 

 obovate or oval, 4 // -9 // long, rctuse or obtuse 

 at the apex, often mucronulate, bright green, 

 paler beneath than above, short-petioled; pedi- 

 cels filiform, 3 // -io // long, glabrous; calyx-seg- 

 ments oblong-obovate,^ // -ij4 // long,spreading; 

 petals of two kinds, those of the staminate flow- 

 ers narrowly obovate, or oblong-obovate, 3-5- 

 toothed, greenish-yellow, those of the pistillate 

 flowers smaller, broadly obovate, entire; capsule 

 subglobose, rather fleshy until mature. 



On rocky barrens, Missouri to Arkansas and 

 Texas. Summer. 



[Vol. 2: p. 363.] 3a. Croton Lindheimeri- 



anus Scheele. L,indheimer's Croton. 



(Fig. 2292a.) 



Croton Lindheimerianus Scheele, Llnnaea, 25: 580. 1852. 



Somewhat shrubby, whitish-tomentose. Stems 

 erect, 4 / -i5 / tall, sometimes diffusely branched; leaves 

 rather numerous, the blades ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 Yz r -2' long, obtuse or acutish, green above, undulate; 

 petioles almost l / 2 as long as the blades or shorter; 

 pedicels i // -3 // long, recurving; calyx slightly accres- 

 cent, its segments oblong or elliptic-oblong, becoming 

 1" long, slightly keeled in age; petals pubescent; 

 capsules oval, 3 // -3K // l n g> 3-celled, tomentose, 

 truncate-obtuse at both ends, drooping; seeds oblong- 

 elliptic, nearly 1" long. 



In dry soil, Kansas to Texas and New Mexico. Summer. 



[Vol. 2: p. 373.] 8a. Euphorbia hirsuta 



(Torr. ) Wiegand. Hairy Spurge. 



(Fig. 2314a.) 



E.hypericifolia wax. hirsuta Torr.Fl.N.& Mid. St. 331. 1826. 

 Euphorbia hirsuta Wiegand, Bot. Gaz. 24: 51. 1897. 

 Euphorbia Rafinesqut Greene, Pittonia, 3: 207. 1897. 



Annual, more or less hirsute. Stems branched at the 

 base, the branches prostrate or decumbent, 2 / -io / long, 

 dichotomous, zigzag; leaves ovate- oblong, 4 // -8 // 

 long, acutish, serrulate nearly to the oblique base, pale 

 beneath; petioles about y 2 " long; stipules lacerate; 

 peduncles surpassing the petioles; involucres funnel- 

 form, Yz" high, glabrous, hearing 4 stalked saucer- 

 shaped dark-brown glands, each subtended by white 

 eremite appendages; capsule about l /f in diameter, 

 broader than long, glabrous, retuse at the apex, its 

 angles obtuse; seed slightly more than ]/ 2 n long, 4- 

 angled, black with a white coating, its faces even or 

 slightly wrinkled. 



In sandy or gravelly soil, Quebec and Ontario to Con- 

 necticut, New York and Pennsylvania. June-Sept. 



